Finnish Company Suspected of Supplying Substandard Body Armour to Ukraine
Finnish police suspect a company of supplying poor-quality body armour to the Ukrainian army.
The Gaze reports on this with reference to Finnish broadcaster Yle.
The National Bureau of Investigation suspects the Finnish company of fraud, embezzlement and money laundering in a case in which the company signed a contract worth approximately €5.7 million with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence to supply protective vests.
According to the broadcaster, under the contract, the company was to supply 10,000 protective vests to the Ukrainian army. In the summer of 2022, 5,000 bulletproof vests were delivered to the army.
The National Bureau of Investigation reported that, based on the results of a preliminary investigation, there are grounds to suspect that the bulletproof vests did not meet the quality specified in the contract. Ukraine submitted a request for legal assistance in this case at the end of 2023.
The person responsible for the company is suspected of committing criminal offences. During the preliminary investigation, two people were detained, but one of them is not suspected of committing criminal offences.
The case will be referred for indictment in the summer.
As The Gaze reported earlier, Finland has become one of the participants in the EU programme to provide military assistance to Ukraine at the expense of the proceeds of Russian assets frozen in Europe - 90 million euros are earmarked for this purpose.
The Finnish Ministry of Defence is preparing its 29th package of military aid to Ukraine, estimated at 143 million euros.
The previous, 28th package of military aid from Finland to Ukraine, worth about 200 million euros, was announced in March 2025.